Evaluation of Industrial CO2 Emissions from Cement Production and Transportation Sector in Iraq Using IPCC Methods

Abstract

Cement production (CP) and transportation sector are main sources of increasing CO2 in the atmosphere, which had major responsible for climate changes. These two sectors (CP and transportation) have high percentage of globally CO2 emissions by burn fossil fuel, especially in Iraq, so that this research focuses on this issue. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) carried out 2006 guidelines, which include formulas and equations to calculate CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases. The results shown there are multi fluctuations of CP during study period 1970-2013, which reflected on the CO2 emissions that released from it. The CP has highest value 12000 kilo ton (kt) in 2013. CO2 emissions have the highest value 4680 Giga gram (Gg) in 2013. The percentage of share of CO2 emissions from CP increased from 1 % in 1970 to 4 % in 2013. CO2 emissions due to transportation have grown significantly from 2200 Gg in 1970 to 39000 Gg in 2013, because of increase in the number of different modes of transportation and consumption large quantities of fuel. The percentage of share of CO2 emissions from transportation in Iraq increased from 10 % in 1970 to 30 % in 2013.